Abstract: Disclosed is a window assembly for use in mass transit vehicles which allows the quick and easy removal and replacement of transparent sacrificial glazing panels which protect the glazing of the window from vandalism and wear. The window assembly utilizes a sacrificial protective panel and mounting arrangement which allows quick and easy replacement of protective panels on one or both sides of the window assembly, but inhibits removal by non-maintenance personnel such as vandals. The frame of the window assembly incorporates one or more retainers which fit into slots along the interior sides of the window frame and sandwich the glazing between the frame and the retainers. In turn, the retainers are essentially “locked” into position in the frame by an inner protective panel, which significantly inhibits the removal of the retainers from the window assembly when the protective panel is in its desired position against the windowpane.

Abstract: A dual rack and pinion system for a window lift mechanism includes window brackets for simple mounting to a window. The system includes a modular frame design to improve assembly of the window lift mechanism into the door of a vehicle. An assembly method is provided for the dual rack and pinion system. The system is also provided with a smart motor and incorporates resilient shock absorbers in the dual rack and pinion gear train to allow more time for the smart motor to detect and react to an obstruction in the window.

Abstract: A driving member for a power window device of a motor vehicle has a U-shaped body (1) formed of two body-halves (2, 3) joined to each other by one of their ends, the body halves defining an interior portion (4) adapted to receive the lower end of a window pane of the vehicle. The U-shaped body (1) is adapted to be slidingly driven by a driving cable along a rail of the power window device, and the interior portion (4) of the body (1) is provided with parallel longitudinal protrusions (5) disposed in a stepped arrangement. The arrangement forms a first series of protrusions (6) which extend upwardly relative the window pane and a second series of protrusions (7) which extend downwardly relative the window pane both series (6, 7) of protrusions (5) being symmetrical so that the window pane rests on one of the series (6) slightly sloped according to the position that the window pane assumes in the power window device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a door window lifting apparatus of a vehicle in which a guider having a horizontal guide groove is connected with a regulator arm by a roller body. The roller body has a first and second elastic pad to result in no gap at the guider, thereby preventing noise from being generated in the lifting process of the door window of a vehicle.

Abstract: A support slide for window regulators of motor vehicles comprises a body formed, in a single piece of molded plastic material, by a plate portion and a lateral appendage. The plate portion constitutes a fixed jaw of a clamp for tightening a lower edge of a sliding window pane, and the lateral appendage has a sliding channel adapted to receive a guide rail. A movable jaw of the clamp cooperates with the fixed jaw to clamp the lower edge of the window pane. The shank of a screw for tightening the clamp is equipped with a spacer which is contained in a through-hole of the fixed jaw and which projects from the hole at least on the face of the plate portion which is turned towards the movable jaw to constitute an annular abutment surface.

Abstract: A dual rack and pinion system is provided for a window lift mechanism. The window lift mechanism includes improved window brackets for simple mounting to a window. A modular frame design is provided to improve assembly of the window lift mechanism into the door of a vehicle. An improved assembly method is provided for the dual rack and pinion system. The system is also provided with a smart motor and incorporates resilient shock absorbers in the dual rack and pinion gear train to allow more time for the smart motor to detect and react to an obstruction in the window.

Abstract: Disclosed is a window assembly for use in mass transit vehicles which allows the quick and easy removal and replacement of transparent sacrificial glazing panels which protect the glazing of the window from vandalism and wear. The window assembly utilizes a sacrificial protective panel and mounting arrangement which allows quick and easy replacement of protective panels on one or both sides of the window assembly, but inhibits removal by non-maintenance personnel such as vandals. The frame of the window assembly incorporates one or more retainers which fit into slots along the interior sides of the window frame and sandwich the glazing between the frame and the retainers. In turn, the retainers are essentially “locked” into position in the frame by an inner protective panel, which significantly inhibits the removal of the retainers from the window assembly when the protective panel is in its desired position against the windowpane.

Abstract: A slider (10) is provided for use with an elongated channel (12) having a pair of spaced apart side walls (14, 16) interconnected by a base wall (18) and an upper wall (20, 22) projecting from each side wall spaced from and generally parallel to the base wall. The slider has a body portion (30) defined by a top surface (32), bottom surface (34) and plurality of side surfaces (36) interconnecting the top and bottom surfaces. The slider also has a plurality of axial slots (42) extending between the top and bottom surfaces adjacent each side surface and a plurality of lateral slots (52) extending between each of the side surfaces and the respective axial slot (42) for allowing the side surface to flex and bias the slider between the side walls of the channel (12). The slider (10) further has a plurality of raised ridges (44) projecting from each of the top and bottom surfaces for flexing and biasing the slider between the upper walls and the base wall of the channel.

Abstract: A window alignment device for use in a door having a recess and a peripheral edge and a window regulator is provided. A window panel is adjacent to the window regulator. The panel has a peripheral edge and a portion adapted to conform to the shape of the door and disposed in the recess of the door. Additionally, a locator member is adjacent to the peripheral edge; the locator member is disposed between the door and the window panel. When the panel is fixedly fastened to the regulator, the locator member is removed to form a predetermined gap between the edge of the window panel and the corresponding seal in the door or the body.

Abstract: A support slide for window regulators of motor vehicles comprises a body formed, in a single piece of molded plastic material, by a plate portion and a lateral appendage. The plate portion constitutes a fixed jaw of a clamp for tightening a lower edge of a sliding window pane, and the lateral appendage has a sliding channel adapted to receive a guide rail. A movable jaw of the clamp cooperates with the fixed jaw to clamp the lower edge of the window pane. The shank of a screw for tightening the clamp is equipped with a spacer which is contained in a through-hole of the fixed jaw and which projects from the hole at least on the face of the plate portion which is turned towards the movable jaw to constitute an annular abutment surface.

Abstract: This invention relates to a carriage for a window lifter, comprising a base part, which is provided for being movably mounted on a rail which can be mounted in a vehicle, and a clamping part which is mounted on the base part, so that a vehicle pane to be adjusted can be clamped between the base part and the clamping part, wherein an arresting mechanism is provided, by means of which the clamping part can be mounted at the base part in different positions which each correspond to a different mounting situation.

Abstract: A window-lift device for motor vehicles includes a panel-connector, a drive-connector attached to a drive mechanism of the window-lift device for lifting and lowering a window pane, matching fixing pieces for fixing the panel-connector to the drive-connector, and an assembly piece. The assembly piece is mounted to the drive-connector and supports a first one of the fixing pieces in a pre-assembly position. The assembly piece and the drive-connector together provide a feeding opening for guiding the panel-connector to an aligning position in which the matching fixing pieces are to be engaged to fix the panel-connector to the drive-connector.

Abstract: A window assembly for use in mass transit vehicles which allows the quick and easy removal and replacement of transparent sacrificial glazing panels which protect the glazing of the window from vandalism and wear. The window assembly utilizes a sacrificial protective panel and mounting arrangement which allows quick and easy replacement of protective panels on one or both sides of the window assembly, but inhibits removal by non-maintenance personnel such as vandals. The frame of the window assembly incorporates one or more retainers which fit into slots along the interior sides of the window frame and sandwich the glazing between the frame and the retainers. In turn, the retainers are essentially “locked” into position in the frame by an inner protective panel, which significantly inhibits the removal of the retainers from the window assembly when the protective panel is in its desired position against the windowpane.

Abstract: A vehicular power window regulator wherein flexibility required when a door glass is vertically moved is appropriately provided to a connected area of a guide rail where a main arm and the door glass are connected to thereby prevent working forces such as compression and tension generated due to lack of flexibility at the connected area according to the prior art from being generated, and to avoid the main arm from being bent when the door glass moves along a curved route, and to prevent a sector gear from being applied with an excessive force for decrease of noise caused by gear meshing.

Abstract: A follower for holding a window pane is adjustable by a motor vehicle window lifter. The follower is connectable to the window lifter and has at least one retaining arm which can be brought into engagement with the window pane and thereby extends at least in part along a window pane surface. The follower is designed so that in the event of the window pane being loaded with force (F) in the lifting direction (H) a torque is exerted on the retaining arm of the follower. The torque is exerted in the direction of the window pane surface to press the retaining arm toward the window pane and prevent the window pane from becoming disengaged and sliding out from the follower.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a door window lifting apparatus of a vehicle in which a guider having a horizontal guide groove is connected with a regulator arm by a roller body. The roller body has a first and second elastic pad to result in no gap at the guider, thereby preventing noise from being generated in the lifting process of the door window of a vehicle.

Abstract: A cable window lifting mechanism lifts a window pane (5) in a vehicle, in particular an automobile, in a first direction. The window lifting mechanism includes two guide sections (1, 2), with two sliding elements (3, 4) each moveably guided on a respective one of the guide sections (2, 1). A cable (6) engages at least one sliding element (3, 4). Moreover, the window pane (5) is supported by both sliding elements (3, 4). One of the sliding elements (3) is guided on the associated guide section (2) so as to minimize movement of the one of the sliding elements normal to the first direction. The other sliding element (4) is guided at least over partial sections of the associated guide section (1) to minimize movement of the other sliding element normal to a plane of the window pane, while permitting a compensating movement of the other sliding element in the vehicle's longitudinal axis when the window pane (5) is displaced.

Abstract: A window regulator mechanism for a motor vehicle door providing ready adjustability to accommodate manufacturing tolerances in the door glass guide channels receiving the side edges of the window glass or, in the case of a sashless door, to accommodate manufacturing tolerances in the seal carried by the vehicle body. Adjustability is provided by a cam member which is rotatly mounted on carrier plate of a carrier assembly and which coacts with a follower surface on a glass clip mounted on an upper edge of the carrier plate. The follower surface is provided as a cutout in a lower edge of a stabilizer portion of the glass clip whereby the stabilizer portion serves not only to preclude cocking of the glass clip relative to the carrier plate but also to provide the cam follower surface for coaction with the cam member carried by the carrier plate.

Abstract: A system for positioning and assembling a mobile element on a drive system includes an adapter element fixed to the mobile element. The adapter element has a first extension in line with the mobile element and a second extension in the longitudinal direction of the mobile element. The system further includes a slider element including a third extension in the longitudinal direction of the mobile element. The third extension cooperates with the second extension. The slider element and a confining element cooperate with a fixation member to lock the first extension of the adapter element between the slider element and the confining element.

Abstract: A mechanical member for bonding to a glazing comprises a universal first or base part and a second part which is specific to a particular class of glazing. The glazing may be for a vehicle window, in which case the second part may be adapted to a particular vehicle model. The first part is bonded to the glazing by adhesive, and the second part is maintained in position by engagement with the first part. The mechanical member may be a bracket for a vertically sliding door glazing, or a centring pin, fixing stud, retaining clip, positioning lug or locating spacer. A corresponding method employing a solid tack-free heat-resistant adhesive is also disclosed.

Abstract: A glass holder is formed of a pair of holder pieces, namely the first and second holder pieces, an attaching structure for attaching the glass holder including the first and second holder pieces to another member, and a hot-melt resin. The second holder piece faces the first holder piece with a glass therebetween, and the attaching structure is formed in at least one of the first and second holder pieces. The hot-melt resin is attached to at least one of the first and second holder pieces to bond the glass to the glass holder.

Abstract: A carrier for connecting a window pane to a window lifter including retaining arms which are located to each side of the lower edge of the window pane. At least one of these retaining arms has a recess in which a window bolt can engage to connect the window pane to the carrier. At least the upper part of at least one retaining arm is resilient. One retaining arm has a retaining area formed as a horizontal oblong guide and the other retaining arm has a fixing area which is resiliently attached to the carrier for horizontally urging the window bolt as the bolt moves with respect to the carrier within the horizontal guide.

Abstract: An automotive door is equipped with a window regulator for raising and lowering a window glass. The window regulator includes reconfigurable bracket assemblies that are mirror images of each other. Each bracket assembly includes a base plate that has a guide block for attaching the bracket assembly to a guide member of the automotive window regulator, and a clamp plate that is attached to the base plate in a first position with respect to the clamp plate or in a second position with respect to the clamp plate. The base plate is symmetrical with respect to an imaginary lateral centerline whereby a first bracket assembly may be configured by attaching the clamp plate to the base plate in the first position or a second bracket assembly may be produced by attaching the clamp plate to the base plate in the second position, the second clamp plate being a mirror image of the first bracket assembly.

Abstract: The invention provides a window panel supporting structure of a window regulator having a positioning element along a window panel surface in which a positioning projection (31c) protruded in any one of a panel holder (31) and a fastening and supporting portion (17) and a positioning groove (17b) formed in another thereof are engaged with each other.

Abstract: A motor vehicle power-operated window lift, comprises a mechanism for driving the window, an electric motor (3), an anti-pinch system which can be triggered when there is an obstacle obstructing the window travel, and an electronic circuit for controlling the motor and the anti-pinch system. The window lift comprises a spring to reduce the pinch force when the window is being raised. In one example, the spring associated with a top sheath has a stiffness of about at least 10N/mm, and is fully compressed only in response to a compression force of about at least 250 Newtons. The spring constitutes a shock absorber in case of a strong impact, transforming it into a relatively mild impact, thereby providing more time for the electronic circuit controlling the anti-pinch system to intervene and reduce the pinch force.

Abstract: A vehicle window glass, comprising a vehicle window glass; a glass holder provided with a groove to which the vehicle window glass is inserted and held by being nipped and made by a resin material selected from groups of a natural grade of a polybutylene terephthalate resin or a natural grade of a polyethylene terephthalate resin, or a resin containing glass fibers in the natural grade of the polybutylene terephthalate resin or a resin containing glass fibers in the natural grade of the polyethylene terephthalate resin; and one-liquid type urethane adhesive layer containing a silane coupling agent formed between the vehicle window glass of the groove of said glass holder and the glass holder.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising a rail guiding a window support slider and fixing said slider on said window. A pin is pre-mounted in an opening of a branch of the slider, opposite a corresponding passage hole in the window, and a screw pre-assembled to the second branch of the slider on the side opposite the pin and opposite the window hole. When the screw is screwed into the slider and through the window hole, then in an axial channel of the pin, it exerts thereon a traction which causes it to slide inside the slider hole and the window hole until is urged to stop against the slider branch. This assembly is extremely simple and ensures more dependable mounting than known devices. The user operating it senses when the assembling is completed by the increased in the screw torque. Moreover, if the pin if forgotten, the screw slips thereby warning the operable about the absence of the pin.

Abstract: A carrier member for a vehicle window winding mechanism is provided, having a passage for a rail along which the carrier member slides, and at least one tab or tongue applying a force to the rail in a direction perpendicular to the direction of sliding of the carrier member, and parallel to the plane of a window glass. Such a carrier member avoids problems of noise or undesirable forces originating from faulty alignment or assembly of a window winding mechanism guide rail or rails.

Abstract: An adjustable carrier for connecting a window pane to a window lift of a motor vehicle door, whereby the carrier is assigned to the motor vehicle door via guiding tracks. The carrier includes a base body and a holding body. The base body is guided on the guiding tracks of the window lift, and the window pane is clamped in the holding body. The holding body can horizontally sweep in relation to the base body, and a joint connection is provided between the base body and the holding body. An adjusting element which can be operated by a tool are provided for changing the position of the holding body provided for changing the position of the holding body relative to the base body. This position is directly or indirectly changed by an actuator in such a way that the position of the holding body relative to the base body remains unchanged when loosening or fastening the window pane.

Abstract: A guide track for the window of a vehicle door can be adjusted vertically to adjust the location of a window stop on the upper end of the track to ensure a water-tight fit of the window upper edge and a weather-strip carried by the vehicle roof structure. Adjustment of the stop involves vertical movement of the track, up or down, preferably by loosening and tightening a track clamping-structure located at the lower end of the track. Access to the track clamping structure can be had through a small access opening formed in a trim panel on the interior surface of the door. Track adjustment can be achieved without removing the trim panel from the door. In preferred practice of the invention, the track clamping structure includes a threaded rod disposed between the track and a window support panel to swing the lower end of the track for changing the movement path of the window.

Abstract: A motor vehicle window regulator includes a helically wound wire coil on a flexible lubricating core to form a flexible cable, and the cable is confined within an elongated guide tube having a longitudinally extending slot. The coil is moved longitudinally within the tube by a helical drive gear, and a lower end portion of the cable carries a window lifting bracket or T-bracket having laterally projecting wings. A clamp unit is mounted on each wing and includes a U-shaped clamp body defining a recess which receives a pressure block and a U-shaped gasket for receiving an edge portion of a glass window panel. Set screws thread through the clamp bodies and extend through holes in the wings for engaging the pressure blocks to clamp the edge portion of the window panel to the clamp bodies. Each clamp body comprises a short section of an aluminum extrusion and defines slots or grooves receiving edge portions of the gasket and the T-bracket wing.

Abstract: A vehicle door window-lift comprises a guide rail for a slider supporting a window capable of being driven by a cable and a dowel pin for automatically fixing the slider on the window. The dowel pin is adapted to slide in a bore in the slider and in a hole in the window. Two ramps on the guide rail cause the dowel pin to slide automatically from a delivery position wherein it is not inserted in the hole, into an operative position wherein it penetrates in the window hole and locks the slider on the window. The two ramps are inclined relative to an axis of the dowel pin such that when the slider moves along the rail, the slider causes the dowel pin to be thrust by one of the ramps from its delivery position towards its operative position wherein it penetrates into the window hole and locks the slider on the window. The arrangement avoids providing locking by deformation of a plastic part.

Abstract: A cargo space expanding device of a vehicle is disclosed to prevent any damage from being made by a loaded matter by getting the upper part of glass to be completely inserted into a mid-gate, the device comprising: a piece of glass fixed by holding unit onto a roof panel; and a mid-gate hinged by rotating unit mounted at a body panel with a hollow part filled with a cushioning member like sponge or urethane foam for getting the glass drawn inside, wherein the holding unit comprises pressing unit fixed at the glass and manipulating unit hinged with the pressing unit and coupled with a fixing edge of a grip member mounted at the roof panel to support the upper end of the glass.

Abstract: Disclosed is a window assembly for use in mass transit vehicles which allows the quick and easy removal and replacement of transparent sacrificial glazing panels which protect the glazing of the window from vandalism and wear. The window assembly utilizes a sacrificial protective panel and mounting arrangement which allows quick and easy replacement of protective panels on one or both sides of the window assembly, but inhibits removal by non-maintenance personnel such as vandals. The frame of the window assembly incorporates one or more retainers which fit into slots along the interior sides of the window frame and sandwich the glazing between the frame and the retainers. In turn, the retainers are essentially “locked” into position in the frame by an inner protective panel, which significantly inhibits the removal of the retainers from the window assembly when the protective panel is in its desired position against the windowpane.

Abstract: A motor vehicle window regulator includes a helically wound wire coil on a flexible lubricating core to form a flexible cable, and the cable is confined within an elongated guide tube having a longitudinally extending slot. The coil is moved longitudinally within the tube by a helical drive gear, and a lower end portion of the cable carries a window lifting bracket or T-bracket having laterally projecting wings. A clamp unit is mounted on each wing and includes a C-shaped clamp body defining a recess which receives a pressure block and a U-shaped gasket for receiving an edge portion of a glass window panel. A set screw threads through the clamp body and extends through a hole in the corresponding T-bracket wing for engaging the pressure block to clamp the edge portion of the window panel to the clamp body. Each clamp body comprises a short section of an aluminum extrusion and defines slots or grooves receiving edge portions of the gasket and the T-bracket wing.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a guide track for a movable windowpane, especially for a retractable windowpane of a motor vehicle, with at least one guide element for the windowpane displaceable along the guide track. In order to create a guide track with compact installation dimensions and at the same time a sufficient length for guiding the windowpane during its movement, it is proposed that the guide track for movement of the windowpane be retractable at least on one side.

Abstract: In a door structure for a vehicle provided with a door main body (4) having an opening (2) provided in an inner panel (3), a module base (7) in which a window regulator (6) for vertically moving a window panel (5) is assembled and a fastening portion (9a) provided near an outer periphery so as to be capable of closing the opening (2) is fixed to the inner panel (3) by a fastening member (10), and a handle (8a) provided in a room inside, the handle (8a) being fixed to the module base (7), reinforcing beads (19, 19a, 19b) are provided in the module base (7) along a line connecting a mounting portion (12) to which the handle (8a) is fixed and the fastening portion (9a) provided in a vertical direction of the mounting portion (12).

Abstract: A door glass raising and falling apparatus has a carrier plate 71 mounted onto a door glass 70. The door glass 70 is movable along sashes 41, 42 disposed on a door. The carrier plate 71 includes securing portions that are fixed to moving portions 67a, 67b of a wire-rope body 67. The carrier plate 71 also has a glass support portion 74 for supporting the door glass 70, and a pair of front and rear glass fixing portions 77, 78 each including a screw member 75. The door glass 70 has mounting holes supported by the glass fixing portions 77, 78, respectively. The dimension of the mounting holes is larger than the outside diameter of the shaft portion of each of the screw members 75 so that the door glass 70 is moveable with respect to the carrier plate 71. Also, a wire-rope body 150 extends over a plurality of pulleys. Some of the pulleys 142, 143 are rotatably mounted on frame members 136, 137 by pulley shafts 182 respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed is a window assembly for use in mass transit vehicles which allows the quick and easy removal and replacement of transparent sacrificial glazing panels which protect the glazing of the window from vandalism and wear. The window assembly utilizes a sacrificial protective panel and mounting arrangement which allows quick and easy replacement of protective panels on one or both sides of the window assembly, but inhibits removal by non-maintenance personnel such as vandals. The frame of the window assembly incorporates one or more retainers which fit into slots along the interior sides of the window frame and sandwich the glazing between the frame and the retainers. In turn, the retainers are essentially “locked” into position in the frame by an inner protective panel, which significantly inhibits the removal of the retainers from the window assembly when the protective panel is in its desired position against the windowpane.

Abstract: A glass run channel invention having a shock absorption member provided in a direction crossing a movement direction of a windowpane with a gap provided between a base bottom portion and the shock absorption member. A low-friction material layer is integrally provided at a contact face of the shock absorption member which is configured to come into contact with an edge of the windowpane and a back face of the contact face and/or a bottom face of the base bottom portion opposite the back face.

Abstract: The invention provides a window panel supporting structure of a window regulator having a positioning means along a window panel surface in which a positioning projection (31c) protruded in any one of a panel holder (31) and a fastening and supporting portion (17) and a positioning groove (17b) formed in another thereof are engaged with each other.

Abstract: A window lift bracket for attachment to a mounting edge of a movable window and which is connectable to a window lifting mechanism. The window lift bracket includes a base which is attachable to the window lifting mechanism and spaced apart portions extending from the base being positionable on either side of the movable window. The spaced apart portions define a channel therebetween. The window lift bracket includes at least one member, such as a flexible beam member, which is disposed generally in the channel for engaging the window when the window is disposed therein. Preferably, the engagement between the member and the window provides a reduced stress area at the bottom of the channel. Opposing surfaces of the spaced apart portions may provide convoluted surfaces, such as protrusions and depressions, which effectively increase the surface area to which the adhesive adheres, thereby improving the adhesion of the adhesive to the window bracket and the window.

Abstract: This invention relates to a system for positioning and assembling a mobile element on a drive system comprising at least one adapter, fixed to said mobile element, comprising a first extension in line with said mobile element and at least one second extension in the longitudinal direction of said mobile element, at least one slider comprising at least one third extension in the longitudinal direction of said mobile element, and a first contact surface, at least one confining element comprising a second contact surface, at least one fixation means. At least one of said third extensions cooperates with at least one of said second extensions and at least one of said sliders and at least one of said confining elements cooperate with at least one of said fixation means in order to block said first extension between said first and second contact surfaces.

Abstract: A window-lift device for motor vehicles with a connector means for attaching the window panel to a drive element comprises a panel-connector, a drive-connector being attached or attachable to the drive mechanism of the window-lift device for lifting and lowering the window panes, matching fixing pieces for fixing the panel-connector to the drive-connector, and further comprises an assembly piece. The assembly piece being mounted to the drive-connector and carrying or supporting a first one of the matching fixing pieces in a pre-assembly position. The assembly piece and the drive-connector together provide a feeding opening for the panel-connector for finding an aligning position in which the matching fixing pieces may be activated to fix or to pre-fix the panel-connector to the drive-connector.

Abstract: A window runner includes a clip-in member that engages a hole in a window to attach the window runner to the window. A locking member, in the form of a screw pre-mounted on the runner, is introduced into a central orifice of the clip from the side of the window which faces toward the interior of the vehicle. Flexible tabs extending from the clip lock into the periphery of the window hole. It is therefore extremely difficult to detach the clip from outside the vehicle. In consequence, any unauthorized lowering of the window by detaching the window clip-in member is no longer possible.

Abstract: A door window mounting and regulator assembly and more particularly a door window assembly whereby an automotive window is firmly and fixedly removably retained in a mounting assembly and method for the assembly thereof. This door window mounting and regulator assembly includes a base member with a pair of clevis brackets mounted thereon. A retainer bracket pivotally attaches within each clevis bracket and includes an undercut area that cooperates with one of a pair of contoured portions of a door window to firmly, fixedly, and removably permanently retain the door window within the door window mounting and regulator assembly.

Abstract: This device comprises at least one clamp (7) with two jaws (8) for gripping the window (2), these jaws being designed to grip the lower edge (2a) of this window, a back plate (9) laterally extending from one jaw approximately in the plane thereof, a slider (6) which is shaped so that it can slide on a window lifter guide rail, and a fastener for securing the slider and the back plate; formed in the slider is a recess (14) designed to take the back plate (9), the back plate has lateral tabs (16, 17) designed to to slide as far as an abutment position along retaining ramps (18, 19) formed in the slider to the side of the recess, and an elastic tongue and opening (26, 27) are provided for locking the back plate in its position in abutment on the slider. This device is easy to assemble and takes up a small amount of space in the transverse direction.

Abstract: A device for securing an adjustable window of a motor vehicle to a guide mechanism of a window lifter, having a first component with an elevated stopper and a second component with an essentially horizontal, elongated recess into which the stopper can positively lock, whereby one of the two components is connected to the window and the other component is connected to the window lifter, characterized in that the recess of the second component has an entry passage pointing in the direction of the stopper; there is an interval between the vertical central axis of the entry passage and the vertical central axis of the stopper, the horizontal dimension of the recess is at least 1.5 times the breadth of the stopper, and the stopper can be secured in order to ensure that it remains in the attachment area. Installation and adjustment of the window are simple and secure and the operational reliability of the window is thereby increased. If necessary, blind assembly is also possible.

Abstract: A sash/cam channel member is extruded from a plastic (e.g., thermoplastic) material and includes the same cross section whether the member is used in a sash-type application or a cam-type application. In one embodiment, the sash/cam channel member includes a channel formed therein for receiving a coupling member, which is attached to a moveable arm of the assembly, and a pair of opposing fork members. The windowpane is received between the pair of opposing fork members to produce a frictionally fit therebetween. The inner surfaces of the channel have a low friction layer (coating) formed thereon so that the coupling member slidingly travels within the channel is a near frictionless manner. Similarly, the inner surfaces of the pair of fork members have a high friction layer (coating) disposed thereon for increased gripping and coupling of the windowpane.

Abstract: A window-regulator module comprises at least one rail on which slides at least one slider supporting a window. Cables and a drive motor drive the slider. The slider includes a sliding part complementary to the at least one rail with a lower end of the slider including a supporting surface for the window. At the lower end of the stroke of the slider, a lower edge of the window projects by a specified distance beyond the lower edge of the rail.